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Government unveils plans to outsource child protection

Thursday, April 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils will be handed powers to outsource a whole range of children's social care services including child protection under proposals announced by the government.

One in seven children's social worker posts unfilled

News

Friday, March 7, 2014

| CYP Now

More than 3,800 children's social workers are needed to fill vacancies across local authorities in England, figures published by the government have shown.

Ofsted faces criticism over botched inspection

News

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted's controversial new framework for rating child protection and care services has been criticised after one of the first inspections was found to be "seriously flawed".

Sheffield children's services ‘requires improvement'

News

Monday, February 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Sheffield has been told to improve its children's services after an inspection highlighted weaknesses in performance on looked-after children and adoption.

Ofsted finds serious child protection failings in Slough

News

Monday, February 17, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's services in Slough have been rated as inadequate after Ofsted inspectors found serious weaknesses in its child protection work.

Warrington DCS to lead Ofsted's social care improvement work

News

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services in Warrington has been appointed by Ofsted to spearhead attempts to improve social care across England.

Tougher Ofsted inspection finds Hillingdon ‘requires improvement'

News

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

| CYP Now

The London Borough of Hillingdon has become the first council to be told that its child protection and care services must be improved under Ofsted's tougher new inspection framework.

Government considers extending children's home leaving age to 21

News

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The government is to explore the possibility of allowing young people to stay in residential care up to the age of 21, children's minister Edward Timpson has announced.

U-turn over approval process for long-distance care placements

News

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Directors of children's services (DCSs) will not have to personally approve care placements outside of their authority or region after initial plans to do so were watered down.

Alison O'Sullivan to be ADCS president in 2015

News

Thursday, January 2, 2014

| CYP Now

The head of children's services for Kirklees has been announced as the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services for 2014/15.

Daily roundup: Gang crime, adoption powers and state boarding school

Other

Friday, December 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Fall in youth violence since riots; BAAF welcomes changes to proposed adoption powers; and planners hinder state boarding school bid, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Childcare funding, child abduction and Birmingham social work

Other

Thursday, December 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour considers "big" childcare offer at next election; parental child abduction cases on the rise; and councillor hopeful for future of Birmingham social work services, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Care applications, child health and social workers

Other

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Data reveals decrease in care applications; slight fall in child obesity levels; and social workers elected to College of Social Work faculties, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Benefit cap, DCS appointment, and looked-after children

Other

Friday, December 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Struggling families set to be hit by benefit cap, say poverty campaigners; new director of children's services in Leicestershire; and improvements to the care system in Scotland are too slow, all in the news today.

Social work leaders sceptical over call for more third-party provider input

News

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Social work and local government leaders have warned that government ambitions to allow independent sector providers to deliver children's social services must not be at the expense of councils losing their statutory powers.

Ofsted unveils inspection framework for children's services

News

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted is to push ahead with the introduction of a tougher inspection regime for children's services, ignoring warnings from the sector that the system is too simplistic and will fail to deliver improvements.

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, youth unemployment and children's centres

Other

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Government's response on child sexual exploitation criticised; small rise in youth unemployment; and minister plays down significance of children's centre closures, all in the news today.

News roundup: IRO case settlement, breakfast club, child protection

Other

Friday, June 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Independent reviewing officer settles whistleblowing case, Blackpool breakfast club gets glowing report, and DfE looks to change safeguarding rules as a result of teacher child porn case, all in the news today

Independent reviewing officers are not challenging enough, says Ofsted

News

Friday, June 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Officers employed by local authorities to review care plans are failing to make enough of a difference for looked-after children, a damning report has found.